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sín

(n.)
Grammar
sín, seón, sién, sýn, e ; f.
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Se ðe hire ða siéne onláh, ðæt heó swá wíde wlítan meahte, Cd. Th. 38, 16 ; Gen. 607. Oft ic sýne ofteáh, áblende beorna unrím, Exon. Th. 270, 21 ; Jul. 468.

Linked entries: seón sién sýn

stær-blind

(adj.)
Grammar
stær-blind, adj.
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Næfþ nán man tó ðæs unhále æágan, ðæt hé ne máge lybban be ðare sunnan and hire nyttian, gyf hé ényg wiht geseón mæg, búton hé stareblind sí, Shrn. 187, 5. Sume unæáðe áwiht geseóþ; sume beóþ stæreblinde and nyttiaþ þeáh ðare sunnan, 27.

Linked entries: stare-blind blind

súcan

(v.)
Grammar
súcan, p. seác, pl. sucon; pp. socen
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Heó ( the air ) sýcþ ǽlcne wǽtan up tó hire, Lchdm. iii. 278, 7. Of ðæra cilda múðe ðe meolc súcaþ, Ps. Th. 8, 2. Ða breóst ðe ðú suce ( suxisti ), Lk. Skt. 11, 27: Homl. Skt. i. 8, 125. Sucun ( suxerunt ) hunig of stáne, Ps. Surt. ii. p. 192, 43.

Linked entries: a-súcan socian

treówen

(adj.)
Grammar
treówen, tríwen, trýwen; adj.
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of-a tree Hire hyrdeman sume ác ástáh, and his orf lǽswode mid treowenum helme, Homl. Th. ii. 150. 31. of wood, wooden Treówen ligneus, Ælfc. Gr. 5; Zup. 15, 14. Tríwen sceó coturnus. Wrt. Voc. i. 26, 21. Trýwen byt flasco, ii. 149, 33.

Linked entries: tríwen trýwen

drygan

Grammar
drygan, l. drýgan,
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Heó his fét mid hire loccum drýgde, Bl. H. 69, 2. Drégde, 73, 19. Hé geseah Godes engel drýgan mid sceátan Sc̃i Laurentius limu, Shrn. 115, 23. Drégende tergens (os suum ), Kent.

ge-etan

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Heó genam of ðæs treówes wæstme and geæt, and sealde hire were and hé geæt, i. 18, 9. Hé geæt þone forbodenan æppel, ii. 240, 21. Hwí eódest þú tó þám hǽðenum and on heora húse geǽte?, Hml. S. 10, 175. Gé giétun ( manducastis ) of ðǽm hláfum, Jn.

ge-wísian

(v.)
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Ꝥ hió swá myceles his onfón sceolde swá seó hind hire gewísede, Lch. iii. 426, 29. to direct a person. with acc. Þæt wé ús sylfe ge þá þe wé wísian sceolan swá gewísian swá swá úre ealra þearf sý, Ll.

mǽgþ

Grammar
mǽgþ, <b>. I.</b>
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Hé férde embe Agathen ǽhta, and eác wolde gehæftan ealle hire mǽgðe, Hml. S. 8, 210. <b>IVa.</b> add :-- Þǽr is mid Estum án mǽgð þæt hí magon cyle gewyrcan, Ors. l, I ; S. 21, 14. <b>IVc.

snód

(n.)
Grammar
snód, e; f.

A snood, fillet, head-dress

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Ðá lǽrde hí sum man, ðæt heó náme ǽnne wernægel of sumes oxan hricge, and becnytte tó ánum hringe mid hire snóde . . . Ðá geseah heó licgan ðone hring on ðam wege mid snóde mid ealle . . .

lytling

(n.)
Grammar
lytling, es; m.

A little onea young personchild

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Ða litlingas fuhton on hire innoþe, Gen. 25, 22. Ǽnne of ðyssum lytlingum unum de pusillis istis, Mt. Kmbl. 18, 6: Homl. Th. i. 84, 11. His efenealdan lytlingas [ the children killed in Bethlehem], 88, 12.

ge-líðian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-líðian, -líðegian; p. ode; pp. od

To soothesoftenmitigaterelieveappeaselēnīremītĭgāreplācāre

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To soothe, soften, mitigate, relieve, appease; lēnīre, mītĭgāre, plācāre Styrunge ýþa hire ðú gelíðegast [gelíðegost MS.] mōtum fluctuum ejus tu mītĭgas, Ps. Lamb. 88, 10.

Linked entry: líðigian

wiþ-bregdan

(v.)
Grammar
wiþ-bregdan, -brédan; p. -brægd,-brǽd,pl. -brugdon, -brúdon

To withholdrestraincheckhold back

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Hit is micel ðearf, ðæt mon hire suíðe hrædlíce wiðbregde festinare necesse est, ut repugnatione vincantur, Past. 13; Swt. 79, 21

ge-hérian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hérian, l. ge-herian,
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Heó bið gehered mid Gode, for þon þe hire bið mycel wuldor gegearwod, 145, 10. Hé ( St. John )mid þǽre sóþfæstnesse stefne gehiered wæs and geweorþod (cf. sé sceal beón gehered ofor ealle þeóda and geweorbod, 71, 16.

ge-sceapennys

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Seó óðer gesceapennys wæs swá þæt God gesceóp Euan of hire weres sídan. Ne sind þás twá gesceapennyssa nánum óðrum gelíce.

un-wreón

(v.)
Grammar
un-wreón, p. -wráh, -wreáh, pl. -wrigon, -wrugon; pp. -wrigen, -wrogen

To uncover (lit. or fig.) what is coveredto reveal

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Ðæt mǽden unwreáh hire heáfod, Ap. Th. 26, 14. Hé unwreáh his rihtwísnesse revelavit justitiam suam, Ps. Lamb. 97, 2. Hí unwreogon ðæt hús nudaverunt tectum, Mk. Skt. Rush. 2, 4. Ða lícmen his neb unwrugon, Homl. Th. ii. 334, 31.

Linked entries: an-wreón on-wreón

hálig-rift

(n.)
Grammar
hálig-rift, -reft, -ryft, e; f.

A holy garment, veil

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Mathéus léde háligreft ofer hire heáfod Matthew placed a veil on her head, 478, 5

wín-berige

(n.)
Grammar
wín-berige, -berie, -berge, an; f.

A grape

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Híre winberie ys gealla uva eorum uva fellis, Deut. 32, 32. Ne hig wín-berian (uuam) on gorste ne nimaþ, Lk. Skt. 6, 44. Gesoden[e] wínberigan (-en, MS.) fecula, Wrt. Voc. i. 27, 63.

ge-sibbian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sibbian, p. ode, ade, ede; pp. od, ad, ed [sibbian to pacify]

To make peaceful, pacify, appease, gladdenpācāre, pācĭfĭcāre, concĭliāre, lætĭfĭcāreto reconcileunited.

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Ðá he hæfde ðone híréd gesibbodne when he had reconciled the household, Blickl. Homl. 225, 10

ge-stæððignes

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Add: staidness Gesete, Dryhten, hirde mínum múðe and ðá duru gestæððignesse (ostium circumslantiae), Past. 275, 22. Seó rípung his gestæþþignesse sý swylc þæt hine ne worian lyste cuius maturitas eum non sinat vagari, R. Ben. 126, 17.

lot

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Ðonne hié óðre menn mid hira lote bismriað, ðonne gieipað hié suelce hí sién micle wærran ðonne hié dum perversa et duplici actione ceteros fallunt, quasi praestantius ceteris prudentes se esse gloriantvr, Past. 243, 24.

Linked entry: lutian